Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When chorus intones a line like 'No student may keep an animal, bird, or reptile in a college building,' splitting the syllables of 'reptile' with a luxurious, slithering trill, it's hard to miss the silliness...
Forum has seven Graces. One is huge-eyed Donna Poitras, who overcomes her thankless ingenue part with a lovely vibrato and a flair for playing a dumb blonde. The six girls in the chorus of courtesans have, as the French say, beaucoup de monde au balcon. Not only are they gorgeous, but they dance well. Rima Wolff, who choreographed their big number, has given them a bumper crop of grinds and shakes...
Miss Feltenstein is powerful in the dramatic scenes as the indomitable mother-figure part of the eternal feminine. But it is her voice that commands. Her motions are stiff and awkward in key scenes. Nightingale who outfits a comic chorus with amazing props and movements (they make marvelous animals going into the Ark), seems to have directed disembodied voices in the serious scenes. Even Beck, the company's most polished performer, often appears unsure of what to do with his hands at dramatic moments. The power of the scenes, especially the ends of the three acts, is undercut...
...these handicaps of direction and design only weaken, rather than obliterate the play's effects. The acting, especially the sound of the acting--Miss Rosenthal's hiccuppy weeping, Miss Adams' little-girl boasting, or Sansone's rebellious snarling--is consistently fine. And the chorus adds needed depth to the show...
...head, sampling suckling pig, barbecued crab claws, pickled papaya and coconut punch laced with rum. When the band struck up Hello, Dolly!, the President loped out onto the marble floor with Imelda while guests scrambled atop chairs and tables for a better view. Alone, the couple danced through one chorus, Lyndon lumbering around in his Texas two-step, Imelda crooning the words to him. Still alone, they danced to a second chorus. When the band struck up the tune a third time and Lyndon seemed ready to wrangle Imelda around again, she shot an imploring glance at her husband...